From July 26 to Aug. 4, 2025, South Korea’s Daecheon Beach transforms into a vibrant playground of music, mud, and cultural celebration as the Boryeong Mud Festival returns for its 28th year. Drawing ...

Tourists take a mud shower at the Daecheon Beach Mud Plaza in Boryeong on South Korea's western coast on July 24, 2026, after the annual Boryeong Mud Festival opened. Boryeong mud is known to be rich ...

There is a festival that celebrates the dirtier you get. Clean clothes become a ‘foul,’ and the more mud you’re covered in, the more applause you receive. A place where even those who hesitated to ...